Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao promised to a delegation of Christian leaders that the Government would host a Christmas party  this December on the lines of Iftar party it hosted for Ramzan. Soon after taking over power, the devout CM declared Bonalu and Bathukamma as State festivals. Ample arrangemenets were made for Ramzan and now the same is promised to Christmas. The CM also promised to look into several issues the Christian leaders raised, like over construction of churches and availability of christian graveyards. The CM said same guidelines would be followed for construction of religious places, whether temples, mosques or churches. The government will provide land for Christian graveyards in all the districts, wherever there is a shortage, he promised. The CM also reportedly ...

The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) has informed that the notification for counseling for Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) candidates in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will be announced on July 30.The verification of certificates would commence on August 7. Although the officials from Telangana did not participate in the meeting, the APSCHE, as directed by AP Govt, went ahead with announcement of dates. This is even while Telangana went to Supreme Court to postpone the counseling by a month. The TS government’s petition has been pending with the Supreme Court and is scheduled for hearing on August 4.  Telangana principal secretary of higher education, Mr Vikas Raj, has shot off a letter to APSCHE saying he was ...

After handing over 65 MW to AP from Telangana and at the same time, putting on backburner, all complaints of Telangana on violations done by AP, the CEA high power committee has sent notice to AP and Telangana for yet another meeting on 30th July. It needs to be seen if the committee will decide anything at least in this meeting or will again end up dishing up a few advices. Even if they decide and declare their findings, there is little possibility AP CM Chandrababu Naidu would heed to any of it, if it means giving Telangana the power it is entitled to, under the AP Reorganisation Act. A day after the committee has been set up, the AP CM ...

Telangana Talkies published 10 days ago that Centre started considering Telangana for an AIIMS like hospital along with other States. That development came after severe criticism from Telangana MPs who exposed the Centre’s bias against the newest state by excluding only Telangana and writing to all other states about setting up AIIMS in those states.  According to the earlier plans of centre, every state in India would have got an AIIMS in next 5 years but not Telangana. Now, in a latest development Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has written a letter to state Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and asked the state government to propose 3 or 4  locations of about 200 acres of land. A central team would select one of the ...

Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu has said the centre can not intervene in the fee reimbursement issues of Telangana and asked AP Govt. to sit with Telangana Govt. and resolve the issue. “That’s the way the governments function in a democracy,” the Union Minister said addressing a press conference in Hyderabad. Incidentally, the union minister was under fire for his unilateral actions regarding Polavaram ordinance and amendment to the AP Reorganisation Act and was accused of bulldozing concerns of TS government over the transfer of 7 mandals of Khammam. The minister now feels that the Telangana government should not make any students suffer and there should not be any discrimination on its treatment between students ...